Some of the kinder ones would give a Christmas tip if the apprentices did a good job cleaning their boots but others, basking in the new money of the Premier League, preferred to peacock.
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Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
The rest, led by the two women who walked at the front, preferred to be burned alive.
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